Lithographer



B. SCHL'EIFER. Hook and Eye Fastener.

WITNESSES Patented April 20, 1880.

INXITOR 59 'r/ m ATTORNEYS.

"-1 PETERS, PHOTO-LITROGRAPNER, WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

BERTHA SO HLEIFER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOOK AND EYE FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,793, dated April20, 1880.

Application filed January 22, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BERTHASGHLEIFER, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedHook and Eye Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in securing hooks and eyes to strips of fabric(designed to be at tached to a dress-waist) by means of clasps orclamps, which are applied and secured as hereinafter described.

In accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, showing hooks andeyes secured to the lapped edges of strips of fabric according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is across-section on line 3 y, Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of theclasp or clamp.

The hook A and eye B are secured by clasps D E to the strips 0 O, whichare designed to be attached to a dress-waist or other like portion of agarment. Said clasps or clamps consist of the disk or broad flat centralportion, D, and prongs or fingers E. The hooks and eyes AB are laid onthe fabric in the required proximity to the respective edges of theparts 0 G, and the upwardly-bent prongs E E of the fastening device areinserted through narrow slits in the fabric and through the loops F ofthe respective hooks and eyes, and then bent outwardly in oppositedirections over the loops F, so as to embrace the outer portions of thelatter. The fabric is thus firmly clamped and held, by friction, betweenthe loops F and body D of the fastening device, while the rigidity ofthe latter and the connection of its prongs E with the outer portions ofthe loops F prevent-s the fabric being drawn together or puckeredbetween the loops when the hook A and eye B are connected, as shown inFig. 1, and subjected to the tension incident to use of the garment ofwhich the strips 0 0 form a part. Hooks and eyes can be attached by thismeans more quickly than by sewing in the usual way, and there is lessdanger of the fabric being torn at the points where the attachment ismade. The device D E may likewise be detached without difficulty whenrequired for any purpose.

I do not claim, broadly, a fastening device of the characterhereinbefore described, since I am aware of its use as a paper-clip.

' What I do claim is The combination, with the strips 0 C, designed forattachment to a dress or other waist, of the hook A and eye B, and thefastening device D E, applied substantially as shown and described.

BERTHA SOHLEIFER.

Witnesses:

OSCAR F. GUNZ, (J. SEDGWIGK.

